Russian framemaker flees country, asks industry for support – Bicycle Retailer

TEL AVIV (BRAIN) — Dmitry Nechaev, the owner of Sochi, Russia-based Triton Bikes, is asking industry suppliers and customers to continue to do business with his company, which he is planning to re-establish outside of Russia. Nechaev, a frequent exhibitor at the North American Handmade Bike Show, is well-known in the U.S. custom bike community. He holds Russian and Israel passports and flew from Moscow to Israel this week. His family plans to join him in Israel this weekend. He left while he could as western countries impose sanctions in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. From pouring out Russian vodka to ending the sponsorship of Russian cycling teams, many organizations and individuals are making statements against the country.  He said he had received some “bad” messages from outside Russia, but also more supportive messages. He said Russia has become increasingly oppressive and it had become practically impossible to run Triton from there.  “They are locking the ability to receive payments from outside of Russia. PayPal and all that won’t let you withdraw to a bank account. The exchange rate is so bad it makes no sense to work,” he said on a Facebook video (below). He said Triton depends on sales…
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